It was refreshing to read the recent letter about the postal service by Miles F. Holden. Since “ignorance is bliss” Miles must live in a very blissful world, unfortunately his ignorance needs to be confronted.
I applaud the Kirkland City Council for the purchase of the Eastside Rail Corridor.
I rent a PO box in the local U.S. Post Office. I was picking up my mail the other day and the thought struck me that the U.S. Postal Service is indeed an odd duck.
Last weekend I was in town with my son and my sister to help my son get ready for the next semester at Cascadia/UW.
Whoa, I missed Jeff Jared’s recent “let’s scrap the post office” editorial.
Congress shall have the power “To establish Post Offices and PostRoads” – it says so in the U.S. Constitution.
I appreciate the opinion expressed in the editorial regarding not raising the state sales tax and not sacrificing the education of our children to achieve a balanced budget. Part of the reason our wonderful state is running out of cash is due to tax-free shopping on the internet. If you order a big screen TV online and do not pay sales tax then you are required to report that purchase and hand a check to the State of Washington.
I too take exception with Mr. Jeff Jared’s recent column on privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS). It is a constitutionally mandated service – which can be run efficiently under a service model but not a for profit business model … and why should it run under a business model? A business model can pick and choose its products/delivery routes and set its own rates. Unlike UPS or Fed Ex, the USPS cannot pick and choose where it will deliver services. This does not mean that the USPS cannot reinvent itself to provide additional services in different ways. One barrier is of course the number of Congressional regulations and mandates that constrain change in the USPS.
We need your help! Eastside Domestic Violence Program and The Game Neighborhood Grill and Bar are teaming up again this year to collect toys for domestic violence victim families in need this holiday season.
I have to take exception with Jeff Jared’s recent comments on why the USPS should be privatized.
While I agree with requiring some basic user authentication for web, and any, comments, I have to wonder how the reporters at the Reporter feel about voter ID laws.
I would like to share a concern I have about drivers not yielding to pedestrians.
I was house sitting in Kirkland. Last week I went to the Original Pancake House for breakfast. I was extremely distraught at that time.
The undersigned organizations and coalitions represent the collective voice of human service professionals and the residents we serve throughout Washington.
In response to the Nov. 11 letter, “Time for Kirkland to clean up panhandling.”
While I appreciate the thorough coverage and interviews with many of the involved parties in the body of your article, “Outraged families to rally, urge Evergreen Hospital to restore cuts to midwifery services” the headline is misleading.
It’s 7:25 on Wednesday morning, and I just returned home after spending the night out visiting every neighborhood in Kirkland, along with my campaign manager, picking up as many of my campaign signs as we could find.
It’s time for Kirkland to clean itself up and pass an ordinance that prohibits panhandling in front of businesses and on freeway onramps and off ramps.
Toby Nixon is an experienced and responsible legislator who would be an excellent addition to the Kirkland City Council.
Jessica Greenway has financial knowledge and experience that is useful to the citizens of Kirkland.
Jessica Greenway must think Halloween is on election day this year when you look at the hobgoblins and outright ghost stories her expensive hit pieces spew about me.
